pick up a bug
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- I think I'm starting to pick up a bug.
- She must have picked up a nasty bug on her flight.
- Be careful at the daycare; it's easy to pick up a stomach bug there.
- Did you pick up that bug that's been going around the office?
- He might have picked up a bug from his kids.
- I'm trying to avoid picking up a bug before my vacation.
- Everyone in the class seems to have picked up the same bug this week.
- By the time he got home, he realized he had picked up a bug at the conference.
- Wash your hands often so you don't pick up a bug.
- I had to cancel my plans because I picked up a terrible bug.